Revenge- House of Nephilim by May Dawson

Author:May Dawson [Dawson, May]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Three

I know where Lincoln will have run. Julian and Ever walk me to the narrow twisting stairs and I climb them to find Lincoln sitting on the roof, looking out over campus below. His wings are spread, shimmering in the moonlight.

I climb out onto the roof and sit beside him, as close as his spreading wings allow.

“Are you all right?” he asks. “Hearing that Elliot was Sent along…it must have been hard.”

“It is hard,” I say. “And it’s hard for you too, isn’t it?”

“He wasn’t my brother.”

“But he was your friend. It’s okay to feel hurt.”

“Eden Greyson, telling me it’s okay to feel my feelings. What a world.”

“Lincoln,” I say softly. “You were worried about Ever and me.”

He scoffs at that but I go on. “Ever understands.”

“I doubt that very much,” he mutters. He stands to his feet. “Well, did you come out here to fly?”

I rise too, swaying for a second on the rooftop, feeling like I’m miles above campus. I didn’t come out here to fly; I came out here for Lincoln. But there’s always that chasm between us I’m not sure how to close, even when I think we’d rather be on the same side.

“Yes,” I say. “Let’s fly.”

“Wings,” he says.

I frown. “I’m not flying, Linc.”

“Yes, you are. No more free rides.”

“I can’t,” I tell him.

He scoffs. “You can. I didn’t think I’d see the day Eden Greyson was scared.”

“My wings are…twisted. Deformed,” I say hotly. “Like every other Nephilim’s. Just because you’re Bred—”

“You can still fly on twisted wings,” he promises me. “No matter what they told you, who they tried to bend you into.”

“Maybe.” But I don’t want anyone to see how ugly my wings are. They’re not like his, I know they aren’t.

“Just let me see them,” he says softly.

“I can’t.”

He shakes his head, his lips twisting bitterly. “You think there’s anything special about a kiss when that doesn’t mean much to you? But you won’t actually let your guard down… won’t show your flaws…”

“I think my flaws are on display, Linc,” I interrupt him. “Lord knows you all have enough to say about them.”

“Bullshit,” he says. “You don’t really trust me. You wouldn’t know the first thing about intimacy if it turned into a corgi and bit you on the ass.”

That gives me pause, but I reach my hands towards him. “That’s oddly specific. Come on, Lincoln. Let’s not fight. Take me up.”

His lips purse to one side. “You’re right. Maybe we shouldn’t fight. I just want you to know you could fly.”

I know he means it kindly.

He gathers me into his arms, pulling me against his hard chest. This time, I don’t close my eyes as the two of us run together across the roof, then throw ourselves out into the clear, cold night sky.

Then we soar.

With his arm clutched tight around me, the two of us sweep back and forth across the campus. Although the campus feels vast and spreading when we’re on the ground, now that we’re up here

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